Defective & Dangerous Products

• No "Heeding Presumption" in Failure-to-Warn Cases in Nevada

  Steve Klearman | July 08, 2009 12:32 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  The Nevada Supreme Court refused to recognize a heeding presumption in strict products liability failure-to-warn cases, in its June 4 decision, Rivera v. Philip Morris, Inc. A heeding presumption...

• 2 Cases of E. Coli in Nevada, Nestle Cookie Dough Recalled

  Steve Klearman | July 01, 2009 4:23 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  The Las Vegas Sun reports that 2 cases of E. coli have been reported in Clark County, Nevada. This comes days after the FDA issued a warning regarding Nestle Tollhouse raw cookie dough products due...

• Nevada Joins Mission to Save Lives Through Fire-Safe Cigarettes

  Steve Klearman | April 01, 2009 9:17 AM | 5 CommentsReno, NV

  According to the National Fire Protection Association, an estimated one out of every four fire-related deaths in the United States in 2006 was caused by smoking materials (i.e. cigarettes, pipes,...

• Consumer Reports finds Big Problems with Car Seats

  Steve Klearman | February 05, 2009 5:44 AM | 1 CommentReno, NV

  For more information and the full article, please click here. A safety alert in the February 2007 issue of Consumer Reports says at least two of the 12 infant car seats they investigated --...

• Update: Bush Administration Corporate Immunity Regulations

  Steve Klearman | February 02, 2009 5:42 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  This is an update to the earlier blog, Bush Administration Passed Regulstions Allowing Corporate Immunity for Negligence, first published on January 23, 2009. For the full article, please...

• Target Unveils In-Store Recall Notification System

  Steve Klearman | January 26, 2009 5:34 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  According to a December 22, 2008 ConsumerAffairs.com article, the large retail chain Target has recently started using an in-house recall notification system. Target and the Consumer Product Safety...

• Bush Administration Passed Regulations Allowing Corporate Immunity for Negligence

  Steve Klearman | January 23, 2009 5:34 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  According to the American Association for Justice, in his last few weeks as President, former President Bush began passing regulations in the Federal Register that provided corporates immunity for...

• AAJ Praises U.S. Supreme Court's Consumer Rights Decision

  Steve Klearman | December 18, 2008 9:43 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  In response to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Altria v. Good, the American Association for Justice (AAJ) praised the Court in denying immunity for cigarette manufacturers who break state...

• AAJ Discusses the Impact of Dangerous Foreign Products on US Consumers

  Steve Klearman | December 05, 2008 2:14 PM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  The American Association for Justice, in conjunction with American University's Washington College of Law, recently released two research papers discussing dangerous foreign products, Defective...

• More from the AAJ: U.S. House Report Further Confirms Bush Administration’s Preemption Plot

  Steve Klearman | November 06, 2008 11:41 AM | 0 CommentsReno, NV

  Following up on the American Association for Justice’s campaign to get the word out about complete preemption: Yesterday the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform issued...